croissant

Summary

croissant ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,980 views/month, #541 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• crescent is named after croissant^[2].
• croissant is made of puff pastry^[3].
• croissant is made of butter^[4].
• croissant is a type of viennoiserie^[5].
• croissant is a type of pastry^[6].
• croissant's Commons category is recorded as Croissants^[7].
• croissant's Unicode character is recorded as 🥐^[8].
• croissant's country of origin is recorded as France^[9].
• croissant's partially coincident with is recorded as brioche^[10].
• croissant's shape is recorded as crescent^[11].
• croissant's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'croissant'}^[12].
• croissant's hashtag is recorded as croissant^[13].
• croissant's course is recorded as breakfast^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include viennoiserie^[5] and pastry^[6].

Origins

crescent is named after croissant^[2].

Influence

Things named for croissant include Cronut^[15]; cruffin^[16], a type of food or dish^[17], in Australia^[18]; and Café du Croissant^[19], a café^[20], in France^[21].

Why It Matters

croissant ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,980 views/month, #541 of 77,819).^[1] croissant has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] croissant is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]

Entities named for croissant include Cronut^[15]; cruffin^[16], a type of food or dish^[17], in Australia^[18]; and Café du Croissant^[19], a café^[20], in France^[21].